Alok, as you said: The demand in our industry is the usual : More efficiency in lesser time.
That is what we have with SI, noooot so much with Maya..... On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Andres Stephens <drais...@outlook.com> wrote: > My only concern is topping up on a good number of lisenses so it lasts > in my workflow (and finding the cash for it)… not sure how to scale it > though…. after they stop handing out licenses. > > *Still curious as to why it would be hard to sell digital copies online, > no marketing, with digital licenses, without development.. wouldn’tit have > good PR for old faithful followers and rep, also.. consideration, and.. it > does nothing for the current marketing strategy. Why lock it up? Anyway, > sorry, enough rant.* > > I still use trueSpace, though it was EOL’d back in 2009, and using other > software to do what it can’t for what I want on the side (Blender for > baking and sculpting).. I made this little image this weekend - side > project of my own. > > I even developed my own plugin to make HLSL shader passes within it. It > uses DirectX 9, it’s a 32 bit program, it’s slow, clunky, and it still is > in beta… but 5 years later, I can still use it for the fun of it, popping > out HD frames every 4 seconds with a 3D modeling and animation package > within a DirectX viewport - oh and server based 3D spaces for modeling > tutoring.. even with my newer machines and video cards. > > So.. if only one could scale in future releases, having it not continue > development is not that big of an issue - yes whatever gets the job done > the best/quickest way - which also depends on the artists/workflow…. but > damn, not being able to scale it later on will be.. a problem. > > I am a more bug fixes/third-party development/workflow kind of guy - it’s > hard to stay educated all the time with the progress of all the new bells > and whistles… so having a finite knowledge of a software is nice - without > it having to grow it’s features exponentially and the knowledge > requirements… > > But I’m still young.. what do I know!? 2 cents! Someone should be > collecting these cents. > > -Draise > > Ph: +57 313 811 6821 > >
